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The Award Ceremony

Printed Africa in the middle with Two Little statue artists climbing the pyramid & reaching for the stars. Great achievements within the local hip hop culture will be celebrated by focusing on how the past has shaped this phenomenon called “SA Hip Hop”. Accolades will be given to active members within the industry. Winners receive a statue that is called the Pyramid. The show will boast a number of appearances, live performances and tributes by today’s leading musicians

Breaking News & 2017 winners

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Over 500 entries were submitted for the 6th Annual South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA2017). That was followed by a thorough vetting process by the industry experts from different fields.

After the vetting process, the finalists were shortlisted and the nominees were announced now we have the winners

SABC 1 came on board as an official media partner for SAHHA 2017 to be flighted on the 30th of December 2017.

THE CORNER: is the SAHHA Cypha which was pre-recorded for both the event and television.

​The 6th Annual South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA 2017) will took place on the 13th of December 2017 at Lyric Theater, Gold Reef City in Johannesburg.

The performances by some of the nominees delivered as promised it was electrifying and breathtaking.

Check the winners for this years awards or download the press release document & check also the nominees

A Special thanks to everyone who attended the ceremony & a special thank you to the SAHHA team that put the show to be glamorous as possible

Photo Credits by Austin Malema

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sahha 2017 nominees list

Press Release – SA Hip Hop Awards 2017 announce SABC partnership & New Hosts The 6th Annual South African Hip Hop Awards 2017 is proud to announce SABC 1 as the new TV broadcast partner, an addition spreading the reach of the awards to millions of South Africans; but also aligning the awards to SABC 1’s proposition of being more than TV but youth culture. Also introducing the electrifying comedian Nina Hastie as our main host of the show with our second host to be announced in our build up to the main show. With these new developments, the event proceedings promise to be more entertaining, informative and engaging for the Hip Hop masses that will be in attendance. The event will be taking place on Wednesday, 13th December at The Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg, where great achievements within the local hip hop culture will be celebrated. The theme this year is “Hip Hop Politics”.

The South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA) are an annual Hip-Hop award ceremony, run by the Ritual Media Group (RMG), that will take place on 13 December 2017 at the Lyric Theatre Gold Reef City, Johannesburg.Great achievements within the local hip hop culture will be celebrated by focusing on how the past has shaped this phenomenon called “SA Hip Hop”. Accolades will be given to active members within the industry. Winners receive a statue that is called a Pyramid which symbolises Africans reaching for success. The show will feature live performances by some of the nominees and will be pre-recorded for TV broadcast purposes.

After a three-month selection process a board of four industry gurus were chosen to fill advisory positions. The role of the advisory board serves to guide the awards in terms of fairness and for the awards to go strength to strength, as these candidates have no hidden agendas in the Hip Hop industry

20176TH ANNUAL SA HIP HOP AWARDS

Past.

Prophets of the City - Never Again

The group began in late 1988 when Shaheen and Ready D experimented in a small 8-track studio (owned by Shaheen's father, Issy Ariefdien and Lance Stehr the current Ghetoruff CEO) and produced a demo that ultimately became "Our World" (1990), the first South African hip hop release

Present.

Riky Rick ft Frank Casino - Family

Riky Rick's first side of music began at a recording studio session with Bongani Fassie. It was by Bongani's side that Rick was inspired to make his own music. That is when he released his first single Barbershop featuring Da L.E.S. He then rose to fame by the release of his hit single Nafukwa.

Future.

J Molley - Hype

There has never been a better time for aspiring artists to be active than right now. There is a special and very specific type of energy floating in the music industry, especially here in South Africa. The conventional structures in the music industry are slowly going out of style, particularly with the youth. .

How did hip hop begin?

In the 1970s, an underground urban movement known as "hip hop" began to develop in the South Bronx in New York City. It focused on emceeing (or MCing) over "breakbeats", house parties and neighbourhood block party events, held outdoors.

What is rap culture?

RAP, a music, an industry, and a culture. R.Kelly. ... RAP is urban music that grew out of the hip-hop movement of the South Bronx, New York, in the 1970s. It blends rhythmic instrumental tracks created by a disc jockey, with the spoken, rhyming lyrics of an MC, (Rapper).

​What is the definition of hip hop culture?

Hip-hop is a type of music. It is also a culture, or way of life. It includes many types of expression-for example, rapping, deejaying, dancing, and graffiti painting. ... Thecultural movement known as hip-hop emerged in the late 1970s in the predominantly African American South Bronx section of New York City.

Is hip hop a subculture?

Origin of the term is credited to various rappers, but DJ Afrika Bambaataa is credited as the first to describe Hip Hop as a subculture. As described in Wikipedia, DJ Afrika Bambaataa “outlined the five pillars of hip-hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking, graffiti writing, and knowledge.

IS hip hop and rap the same thing?

Rap is poetry set to an external rhythm separate from the rhythm of the speaker, while hip-hop is a subculture that encompasses four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing.

Who is the father of hip hop?

DJ Kool Herc: Founding Father of Hip Hop. DJ Kool Herc, also known as Kool Herc is credited for throwing the first hip hop party in 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx.

​What was the first hip hop song ever?

Rapper's Delight" was a 1979 single by American hip-hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip-hop in the United States and around the world

What is trap rap music?

Trap Music Explained. ... The percussion samples of choice when making trap music are usually originate from the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. When speaking of the “originators” in the trap music game, southern rappers like Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, Three 6 Mafia, and Manny Fresh come to mind.

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Announcement

anything is possible

We received countless Submissions from the 7th of August 2017 until 22 September. Nominee list was released & the ceremony took place on the 13th of December now we have all the winners. Click now on the winners tab list.

sahha welcomes K.0

We were proud to have K.O on our stage this year for the past 5 years the Skanda republic champion has boycotted the awards for 5 years. In support of hip hop & growing the culture the sahhas will always welcome artists who are not happy how the awards handled in future we will like him to participate again.

patty manroe

Dropped on 27 January, this is the first full-length offering from the bubbly emcee from Cape Town, courtesy of After Life Talent. Malatjie is an Afrikaans word used in the Cape to refer to a person who is mentally unstable. we were honored to have her on stage she is top 5 of the best female mc's who are consistent putting work

Show highlights

Cassper Nyovest, The Doc Shebeleza hitmaker, walked away with 5 awards at the prestigious ceremony namely The Milestone Award, Hustler of the year, MVP , Album of the year & best male we salute you Caspper.

new generation j molly

J Molly the new merging young artist rocked the stage & showed how his generation can rock the crowd he released his anticipated EP which pulled streaming numbers he is also nominated for best new comer & best mixtape check out his tape on slikour onlife or soundcloud.

we crown best female

Rouge wins this years best female ahead of MegMafia, nelz,Lee stk & patty Manroe The judges & the public have decided she put in more work then any other female even thou Gigi was suppose to be part of the best 5 this year it would've been a great battle because both females had a great year we congratulate Rouge.

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hip hop politics

With all the politics happenings this year the sahha team decided to theme this year Hip Hop politics 24 years of freedom the country has witness many disputes from different oppositions parties we kept the ceremony current

creed crew

South of Johannesburg gets its share of world class talent and artistic talent from the Creed Dance Crew, with most of the members residing in Glenvista. Now they are 2017 best dance crew the Sahha would like to encourage these youngsters to keep up the good work see you next year.

song of the year

Kwesta takes song of the year ahead of cassper & Aka. he has been very consistent with his music he is the current best digital seller with:​5x Platinum - NGud (Single)1x Platimun - Maibabo (Single)1x Platinum - Nomayini (Single) we like to congratulate kwesta for this great achievement

SAHHA CoRner

Emtee

entertainer/Artist

Bars: 3/5​Style: 5/5Delivery: 4/5Skills:4/5

4bidden

Mc/Musician

​Bars: 4/5​Style: 2/5Delivery: 5/5Skills:4/5

Flex Boogie

Live performer

​​Bars: 5/5​Style: 3/5Delivery: 4/5Skills:5/5

Recent News

Every year we have the pleasure of bringing the hottest SA Hip Hop artists from old to new, together under one roof. Over the last few years, Le Club rappers have come in numbers, the likes of Jaz , Snazz, Gundi & Slikour even partook in The Corner cyphers.

nomination brief.

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Fill up fnb stadium

After bringing 20 000 people under one roof at the TicketPro Dome in 2015 for #FillUpTheDome Concert, and close to 40 000 at Orlando Stadium in October 2016, Award-winning Rapper – Cassper Nyovest is already gearing up for his next big show at FNB Stadium.The popular rapper plans to fill the multi-purpose FNB Stadium aka Soccer City which accommodates 90 000 people later this year, even though he revealed he is aiming for 65 000 fans.

sahha Trophy

The South african Hip Hop awardswas the most highly anticipated event on any hip hop calendar. Taking place at The Lyric Theatre after two years at The Alex theater in Braamfontein, the level of the production was stepped up. The awards will be screened on e.tv on New Year’s Eve.

As expected,AKAand Cassper Nyovestwere the big winners of the night. AKA won Best Male, Best Video, Best Collab and MVP Of The Year. Cassper won Best Album, Most Digital Sales, and Song Of The Year. During his acceptance speech he took a jibe at his rivals: "I am the only guy in this whole room who can say I have a gold-selling album.”

Cassper Nyovest and Riky Rick had the entire theatre up on their feet with their hits, ‘Doc Shebeleza’ and ‘Boss Zonke’ respectively.

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partners

Our official partners for this year are available on the partners tabwe are proud to have them on board .